International Football
International Football
World Cup 2026 and international football, men's and women's, every competition covered while it is being played. Every result and headline is checked against two independent sources before it goes up. A fresh entry is drawn for each day there is football on.
Friday · 2 October 2026 · 2 min readCristiano Ronaldo walked out of the Portugal camp, and two Manchester United players set up three of the four goals the next nightPortugal beat Denmark 4-2 in the UEFA Nations League in Copenhagen on Thursday 1 October 2026. Bruno Fernandes made two goals and Diogo Dalot one, a day after Cristiano Ronaldo left the squad.
Tuesday · 29 September 2026 · 1 min readEngland lost at Wembley, then went to Prague against ten men and won their first Nations League game of the campaignAnthony Gordon and Harry Kane scored in a 2-0 win over Czechia on Tuesday. Czechia played the match out with ten men, and England had opened the campaign by losing 3-2 to Spain.- Monday · 28 September 2026 · 1 min readPortugal left Ronaldo on the bench in Oslo and won anywayCristiano Ronaldo sat out all 90 minutes of Portugal's Nations League win in Norway. Gonçalo Ramos, who started up front, scored the winner three minutes after Erling Haaland had equalised.
- Sunday · 27 September 2026 · 1 min readHarry Kane hit the crossbar from the spot at 2-1 up, and Spain won 3-2 at WembleyEngland led 2-1 at half-time on Saturday and had a penalty to make it 3-1. Harry Kane slipped and hit the bar after 54 minutes, and Spain scored twice to win the UEFA Nations League match 3-2.
Friday · 25 September 2026 · 1 min readErling Haaland passes Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic with his 64th goal for NorwayTwo goals in Norway's 3-2 Nations League win over Denmark in Oslo on Thursday took Erling Haaland to 64 international goals in 56 games. Ronaldo Nazário and Zlatan Ibrahimovic both finished on 62.- Thursday · 24 September 2026 · 2 min readThe team that knocked Canada out is one win from a title nobody has ever defended.Korea DPR beat Colombia 3-0 and Spain beat Italy 2-0 in Lodz on Wednesday, so the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup final on Sunday is Spain against the holders.
- Tuesday · 22 September 2026 · 2 min readCanada went out of the Under-20 World Cup with four shots and a goalkeeper who kept them in it.DPR Korea beat Canada 2-0 in the quarter-final of the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup in Lodz on Sunday, with both goals in stoppage time, and the shot count read 29 to 4.
- Monday · 21 September 2026 · 3 min readCanada held DPR Korea goalless into injury time, then lost the U-20 World Cup quarter-final to two late goalsCanada reached the last eight as a third-placed qualifier and were still level with the defending champions at ninety minutes. Noelle Henning made seven saves. Two goals in added time ended the run.
- Sunday · 20 September 2026 · 2 min readKaylee Hunter scored three against France in 42 minutes, and no player had done that in a U-20 Women's World Cup knockout tie for four editionsCanada went into the round of 16 as a third-placed qualifier against the team that won Group C. An 18-year-old forward from Calgary settled it before the hour.
- Wednesday · 29 July 2026 · 2 min readMalawi beat Nigeria 3-1 on their Women's Africa Cup of Nations debut.Malawi were playing their first ever match at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations and beat the defending champions Nigeria 3-1 in Group C in Morocco, with Temwa Chawinga scoring twice.
Earlier entries
- Tanzania beat South Africa in Morocco, and Group B turns over.
- The Women's Africa Cup of Nations opens in Morocco, four months late.
- Germany appoint Jurgen Klopp, and settle the fee with a donation.
- Spain win the World Cup, and Argentina never had a shot.
- The record changed hands in Miami, hours before the final.
- Ten goals in Miami, and England take third.
- Two matches left, and the Golden Boot is still level.
- Argentina break England late, and reach the final.
- Spain reach the final. France fall in Texas.
- England and Argentina book a rematch nobody needed to ask for.
- Spain edge Belgium late. The semi-final draws itself.
- Merino strikes late again. Spain survive Belgium at SoFi.
- France do it again to Morocco.
- The round of sixteen is complete. Four quarter finals are set.
- Messi drags Argentina back from the brink.
- Ronaldo's last World Cup ends in stoppage time.
- Haaland ends Brazil's run. Neymar walks away.
- Morocco go through. Canada's World Cup ends.
- Round of 32 closes with a penalty shootout and a near-miracle.
- Ronaldo, at 41, becomes the oldest scorer in World Cup knockout history.
- Ten men, one comeback, one statement. Round of 32 delivers all three.
- France cruise, the hosts advance, and Norway keep dreaming.
- Germany and the Netherlands are both out, on penalties.
- Canada's first knockout win arrives in stoppage time.
- The group stage closes. Thirty two remain.
- A heavyweight goes home on the final group day.
- Ecuador stun Germany as the group stage bites.
- The groups close. Brazil and Mexico march.
- Ronaldo makes history. England stall again.
- France and Argentina hold firm.
- Spain roar back. Egypt break their duck.
- Germany dig deep. The Dutch send a message.
- The hosts are through. The casualties pile up.
- Canada make history. Mexico go through.
- England open up. Kane closes on a record.
- Messi answers with a hat-trick.
- A day of four draws. Cape Verde hold Spain.
- Amad's late strike stuns Ecuador. The big guns roar.
- Scotland end a 36-year wait. The favourites stumble.
- The hosts arrive. The USA make a statement.
- It begins at the Azteca. And it bites.